Must Read: Emir Of Kano Calls For Massive Changes To Islam In Nigeria

 

 

Due to the current economic realities in Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, has come out in favour of banning marriages of people below 18 years as these marriages are highly detrimental to women’s health. The emir, who spoke at a workshop organised by the Northern Islamic Forum in Kano on Tuesday, said time had come for the Muslim community in Nigeria to accept the reality of economic recession and consequences of early marriage.

The Emir stressed that the era when people gave out their daughters in marriage at early ages and asked the husbands to wait until puberty was over, no bad thing as it led to divorces and other problems. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) became the Emir of Kano two years ago.

The emir recounted that in the past the rich and the poor married four wives and bore between 30 and 40 children because the economy was not only buoyant but also because people were not relying on government for sustenance. Read more HERE...